In the spirit of gift, we have one last chance (ending at midnight Sunday) to get full participation in the blogging element of the course. Two thoughtful contributions to your own blog and/or someone else's thread is all it takes!
Is that what we have been doing with these blogs, continuing the spirit of giving? if that is the case then what can and should be said about the individuals who have refused to continue this spirit? In giving a gift, what we have actually given is the spirit of giving, and so has it just been the case that these individuals had just chosen to hold on to it, or is it that they simply chose not to receive it? If the gift we are getting and giving is the spirit of giving how is it possible that if we chose to accept it, that we can just keep it?
Persons might, for whatever reason, need to hang on to a gift for a while; in this sense, a gift might be retroactive (similar to some teaching) and this might be a natural and innocent occurrence. I think what is essential, is that a giver have plenty of reserves and not have to rely on an immediate exchange-(ideally whenever possible) I think all genuine gifts, regardless of any length of dormancy, will come to fruition.
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Is that what we have been doing with these blogs, continuing the spirit of giving? if that is the case then what can and should be said about the individuals who have refused to continue this spirit? In giving a gift, what we have actually given is the spirit of giving, and so has it just been the case that these individuals had just chosen to hold on to it, or is it that they simply chose not to receive it? If the gift we are getting and giving is the spirit of giving how is it possible that if we chose to accept it, that we can just keep it?
Persons might, for whatever reason, need to hang on to a gift for a while; in this sense, a gift might be retroactive (similar to some teaching) and this might be a natural and innocent occurrence. I think what is essential, is that a giver have plenty of reserves and not have to rely on an immediate exchange-(ideally whenever possible) I think all genuine gifts, regardless of any length of dormancy, will come to fruition.
So we can hope, anyway.
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